There needs to be a guy with a shotgun in the paddock.... This is more of a problem at SPC than Brooksville, because at Brooksville, everyone can see who's lolly-gagging around their cars and waiting until the last minute to come work. At SPC, people seem to think out-of-sight, out-of-mind. Predictably, it's especially bad for the last group.solar 90GT/03Si wrote:There was a ton of time wasted between run groups, especailly between group 2 and 3, it took close to 30 minutes before the course workers were in place. This really needs to be addressed more throughly during future drivers meetings.
My fault this time...I really didn't anticipate we'd jump from 36 (which included several folks who hadn't registered, but I knew were coming) to 54 drivers, so didn't finish the 3-group option I normally do. Lesson learned: do and bring both next time. As it was, the time available was enough to redivide classes into three groups and identify the key positions (timing, start, and grid) while simultaneously fending off questions about the number of run groups, which classes were running when, and what each individual's work assignment would be.... Dividing the remainder across the corner stations isn't rocket science, so long as they don't hang around the paddock loading their cars or wander around on the grid. It also helps the mix if people acutally come up and check to see where we need people rather than clustering all on the same station to socialize -- I originally started the pre-assigned lists to insure we didn't have clusters of novices working positions all by themselves.I agree with Bill that the run/work list needs to be posted on the side of the trailer, and most of the time it is, but I think because there were so many walk ups Jamie didn't have a copy to post.
I'll take Bill's suggestion to have a spare copy of names and classes just in case.
Keeping the insurance waiver in the trailer is a necessary evil...at either site, there's no other easy-to-find place to keep it after registration closes. Consider hanging it from the inside of the back door or on the wall, during the event, where it's obvious and people can find it themselves.
), I don't know if the people in the parking lot were done for the day or not, but the course workers for group 3 sure did disapear for a while.
